Diesel vs Wave Alpha
2 tools, measured the same way from the same sources. 17 of 27 rows read the same on all of them; the ones that differ are what follows. A rust value is the better one in that row, grey is the worse, and a dash means we have not verified the field rather than that the tool lacks it.
Size & weight
Weight
244 g
234 g
Closed length
125 mm
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Width
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Thickness
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Tools & blade
Tool count
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Blade steel
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MagnaCut® Stainless Steel
Blade length
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Ownership
MSRP
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$199.95
Cost per tool
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Manufacturer
Gerber
Leatherman
Availability
In production
In production
Tools
Pliers
✓
✓
Needlenose pliers
✓
✓
Regular pliers
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✓
Wire cutters
✓
✓
Knife
✓
✓
Plain-edge knife
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✓
Screwdriver
✓
✓
Phillips screwdriver
✓
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Flathead screwdriver
✓
✓
Bit driver
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✓
Bottle opener
✓
✓
Can opener
✓
✓
Scissors
✓
✓
Saw
✓
✓
File
✓
✓
Awl
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✓
Nothing in the measured fields separates it from the other. Pick on feel, or on a tool the other has and it does not.
Buy if it saves 10 g over the other.
Verdicts are built from the measured fields only. They are conditional by design:
which tool wins depends on what you are carrying it for.